Professional Boundaries ebook from Dr. Sadie Adado and the ATvantage.

Scheduling (personal and professional time blocks for zone of Genius)

“Self-care” (exercise, meals, meditation, yoga, reading, walking, family/friends)

Quality improvement project on how I spent my time.

As a young professional, I hadn’t yet learned what I needed. It took a lot of self-awareness and reflection to understand my own needs so that I could practice putting boundaries in place. 

Self-awareness is a journey. It doesn’t end, it’s continual and ever-changing. 

Tuning into self in each moment will help to outline needs that can be met. 

It is your ownership of that, responsibility that matters. Take action for yourself, no one else will. 

I hear ATs talk about being taken advantage of, lowest paid, constantly overworked, etc. The story feels redundant at this point. I wish more ATs felt empowered to change their own script. If you’re burnt out, who has the power to change that? Stop pointing fingers at the system and start being an agent of change. 

For me right now, I love my work but it’s definitely not what I spend most of my time or energy on. Some might scoff at that, but truly it’s been a process of shifting the scales so that I came first. My body, my mental health, my spirit, and then my family friends pets.. it took a lot of practice and still does (every day) of ensuring that my cup is full so I can give. 

I also love the messages about financial peace. Finances play a big role in this balance. 

It can be tough… I was an AT with a Masters salaried working 60+ hrs a week and paid under $40k. I had 3 job offers in the same week and that was the highest… needless to say I lived paycheck to paycheck for a long time, feeling totally stuck. Eventually, I moved to working 5-6 jobs at any time to get “unstuck” but then found myself burnt out. I’m sure this story is familiar.

I decided to put energy into one place. For me, that was starting my small business. This created freedom of my time which is actually the most valuable. Long story short, this journey brought me to where I am now. And I still have multiple sources of income but it’s much more harmonious. 

I think for ATs the balance of life and work does revolve a lot around money. I think we need to talk about it more often. We need to justify and prove our worth not just “say” it.

Dr. Sadie Adado

Jeremy Jackson

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